Crime Rates at Gainsborough Close, Salisbury, SP2 9EU

Gainsborough Close area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Salisbury Bemerton Heath , and the 77th highest crime rate of 1,627 local areas in Wiltshire .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gainsborough Close (SP2 9EU) in the last 12 months was 203.0 per 1,000 residents and was 137.8% higher than the Salisbury Bemerton Heath average (85.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough Close (SP2 9EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glyndebourne Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gainsborough Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.